Annals of emergency medicine
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Comparative Study
Clinical predictors of bacterial versus aseptic meningitis in childhood.
To assess the reliability of meningeal signs and other physical findings in predicting bacterial and aseptic meningitis at various ages. ⋯ Despite a lack of meningeal signs, a high index of suspicion for meningitis is essential when evaluating the febrile infant 12 months of age or younger.
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To evaluate the impact of an emergency medicine residency training program on the cost of care in the emergency department. ⋯ As measured by selected test use for six common discharge diagnoses, the introduction of an emergency medicine residency program did not increase the cost of care in this urban community hospital ED.
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To determine the current standing of academic units of emergency medicine in allopathic medical schools and to measure the attitudes of medical school deans toward the specialty. ⋯ Medical school deans are generally satisfied with the clinical/administrative performance of academic emergency medicine units but are less so with academic productivity. Despite the small numbers of full departments and disparate status of established units, it is noteworthy that only ten of the 94 respondents to this survey reported no support whatsoever for academic emergency medicine.